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We invite you to Misty Griffin’s TEARS OF THE SILENCED Book Blast April 4-29!

Tears of the Silenced

Inside the Book:

Title: Tears of the Silenced
Author: Misty Griffin
Publisher: Independent
Pages: 444
Genre: Biography/Memoir

One freezing morning in early March I made a dash for a tiny police station in rural Minnesota. I was a frightened Amish girl with no where to go, a second grade education and no ID or social security card…… Based on the authors tragic true life story.

When I was six years old my family started to live and dress like the Amish. My sister and I were kept as slaves on a mountain ranch where we were subjected to almost complete isolation, sexual abuse and extreme physical violence. My step-father kept a loaded rifle by the door at all times and we were to terrified to try to escape. We knew that no rescue would ever come because only a couple of people even knew we existed and they did not know us well enough to care.

In my late teens my parents feared we would escape and took us to an Amish community where we were adopted and became baptized members. I was devastated to once again find myself in a world of fear, animal cruelty and sexual abuse. Going to the police was forbidden. A few years later I was sexually assaulted by the bishop, I knew I had to get help and one freezing morning in early March I made a dash for a tiny police station in rural Minnesota. When I refused to recant my police report I was excommunicated from the Amish and found myself plummeted into the strange modern world with only a second grade education and no ID or social security card.

To all abuse survivors out there, Please be encouraged, the cycle of abuse can be broken. Today, ten years later, I am a nursing student working towards my Masters degree and a child abuse awareness activist. This is my story…….

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  • Tears of the Silenced is available at Amazon.

Meet the Author

Misty Griffin

When Misty left the Amish she had a bare second grade education and suffered severe PTSD caused by the horrifying abuse she suffered as a child and later at the hands of the Amish bishop. Today, ten years later she is a nursing student, wife and a Child abuse/Sexual assault awareness activist.

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Book Blast Schedule

Monday, April 4 – Books, Reviews, ETC.

Tuesday, April 5 – Book Babble

Wednesday, April 6 – Around the World in Books

Thursday, April 7 – The Writer’s Life

Friday, April 8 – Confessions of an Eccentric Bookaholic

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Monday, April 11 – Write and Take Flight

Tuesday, April 12 – The World As I See It

Wednesday, April 13 – My Bookish Pleasures

Thursday, April 14 – As the Page Turns

Friday, April 15 – Booklover Sue

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Monday, April 18 – The Dark Phantom

Tuesday, April 19 – The Bookworm Lodge

Wednesday, April 20 – I’m Shelf-ish

Thursday, April 21 – A Title Wave

Friday, April 22 – Lori’s Reading Corner

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Monday, April 25 – Our Family’s Adventure

Tuesday, April 26 – Authors & Readers Book Corner

Wednesday, April 27 – Bound 2 Escape

Thursday, April 28 – The Literary Nook

Friday, April 29 – Teatime and Books

 

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